noun
noun substantive
Linguistics term for a noun that refers to a concrete or abstract entity, as opposed to a formal noun (形式名詞).
「本」や「愛」は実名詞で、「こと」や「もの」は形式名詞です。
"Book" and "love" are noun substantives, while "koto" and "mono" are formal nouns.
Compound of 実 (true, real) and 名詞 (noun), calque from Western linguistic terminology.